Recently arrested opposition figure Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh has appeared on authorities’ backlist of terrorists after the ministry of interior accused him of fostering ties with exiled members of outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Security authorities arrested him for giving an interview in which he was critical of President Fattah al-Sisi. The critic last month joined several other figures of the opposition to call for the boycott of next month presidential elections, where the incumbent president will run unchallenged. Actually, all potential challengers to President al-Sisi have been sidelined or forced to bow out of the contest. The Al-Sisi regime has banned the Islamist movement and has arrested thousands of its members including top figures among whom Morsi himself.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 21, 2018 13:18 UTC